God bless Robert Reed for giving future generations living history lessons of our greatest President from a time our leaders were revered. You have much to be thankful for. God bless.

Amen

Thats awesome.

@@charlottebuchanan3193 if its even true!

T Porter that is so cool!!

@@dontcare563 it's true, i was there

@@charlottebuchanan3193That’s fantastic.

Howdy, Brian! Shouldn't we shudder to consider some of those who have taken the responsibility of the position since President Lincoln? May GOD bless both of our countries with worthy leaders who will inspire compassion and furtive resourcefulness once again. Peace be with you, charitable sage...Lukerdog

I too believe that he probably was one of our greatest if not the greatest

Lincoln is considered the greatest President of the United States.

Ikr i love these coincidence where people were young and they later become a historical figure

OMG

It's impossible to believe one could tell who was in that window but, I bet Roosevelt remembered it and told the story!

What might be even more interesting is his father not going off to the Civil War because his mother begged him not to eventually led Teddy to create the Rough Riders when he was in his 40’s.

Roosevelt talked about it. That home in NYC was owned by his father.

Cosimo Kramarawicz same a stone train runs down them now

Same here in Indiana. I use to fish and swim off the bridge where the tracks used to be. Here's a video of the exact spot kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pM51q8ejzbvbnaM.html

Wow

I think you have too many greats mentioned here. I’m 60 and my great great great great great grand father was probably born well before 1750.

Wow

@@carolsteinhauer5935 He probably isn’t as old as you are. Going back 25 years per generation (as an example) six times for the grandfathers, one generation for his parents and one generation for him would take us to the year 1819. His great-great-great-great-great grandfather would have been 46 years old while shoveling that coal. Completely realistic.

@Carol Howard did she get to see the train

@Carol Howard it would have been great if she did🖒

Unfortunately, the Political parties are trying to re-write history....southern statutes being demolished or taken down, southern flags being banned, slavery and our Presidents that owned slaves - leftists are demanding removal of status quo, etc.. it's a shame. What happened, happened. it's history, and is what was. Life moves on and people need to also, and learn from their ancestors. I love history and the bad stuff with the good. I also appreciate a young (and older)person that shows respect for all countries history and important forefathers and their importance to their future.

@@Pridegriffin A lot of Southerners don't like Lincoln. My ancestors fought under Lee, and Lincoln is my favorite American outside of my family. I have mixed feelings about the statues due to my great love of Civil War history, but the lost cause myth did a lot of damage here and also made people forget what the war was really like.

@@danwoodliefphotography871 I agree. I am a fan of the history of the civil war, and even though the statues of those people were horrible people, they shouldn't be taken down.

@@aerofiles5044 I disagree. I'd rather they be put in a museum than be destroyed, but either way, they are monuments glorifying the confederacy. The sooner they're gone, the better. You can remember history without statues.

@@Crusader677 Or that yes.

@@AddamsMUNSTER_Family-Jekyll Go troll somewhere else ! Troll !!!

Didn't even fight him like a man

@jim shoe I would settle for one the half a brain right now compared to what we have UGH !!!

Màriesmìth

I ask the same question..this would be a wonderful attraction and historical addition in Springfield.

Marie Smith Good idea 💕

They are in SERIOUS TROUBLE financially

Its a huge train car and not the real thing. Maybe the people who built it don't want to give it up.

He and JFK

He, and Reagan and Nixon. 😂

Trump. KAG

@@TrumpDesantis-zm3kg President Barack Obama is the absolute BEST President the United States of America has ever had!!!!!

President Obama is the greatest President the United States of America has ever had, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

Mike Coppedge i concur...i'm surprised that the smithsonian hasn't offered to take it. 😨

Smithsonian runs this channel for sure. and somemore like al jazeera english

It looks amazing. I hope a museum can get a hold of it so it stays in great shape and doesnt end up like the original

Springfield IL has a huge Lincoln Library and Museum. You would think they could have found a place for it.

I would think that the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan would be interested. They have the chair from Ford's Theater

NOT !! not even close !

Dewalt 459 Most of the US public would disagree with you on that.

@@somerandomguy4812 who was better ! ? If you say Obama I'll vomit 😱 🖤

@@dewalt4598 you are not close. 🖤 😐 😑 😶 🇺🇸

@Michael Serby - Why are you asking Some random Guy " who was better ! ?" ? He is on your side!

doubt its the same track from 1860s but ok.....

My neighbor had an abandoned old coffee cup way in the back of his cupboard that was the very cup that Lincoln drank his last cup of coffee out of .

In 1956,the TV show "I've Got A Secret" had on a man who said that he saw Booth shoot Lincoln.The video is here on YT.

@@rentslave I watched that episode . Very interesting and It felt very awesome to hear him talk about his historical memory. I've been to the Ford Theater and looked into the chamber . It said he died there in that rocker and I could see the stains . blood stains. I also thought it was absolutely gobsmacking that he had no guard outside that doorway/ entry. back then, it was probably curtained off. just guessing. And I saw the bedroom set-up that the Daughters of the American Revolution had moved to be in the same building (Ford Theater) back in early 19th century (1920's?). It really gave me chills up my neck as I stood there in the theater looking toward the stage and the Presidential Box. A feeling of awe, despair, sadness and respect hit me all at once as I looked upon the spot where this tragedy struck. I started tearing up, and I had to shake myself out of crying long and low. The whole time We spent there, my heart was heavy and felt such a sense of grief.

oh...then I saw an entry where a guy said the rocker where he actually set was in a museum in Michigan! Maybe now. My visit was in 91, so maybe they moved it there. But, at the time, it was noted that the rocker was the original one and all the other seats too. I saw blood stains on it. So... who knows!?!

@@Pridegriffin ....the rocking chair has been at Henry Ford Museum near Detroit since its opening in 1930 .

Wow lizzy , you are crazy cute

Haha thanks??😂

That is so cool, Don!

too cool!

Victoria Taylor actually Washington is the greatest

I would think that the main reason for the museum not wanting to display the train car is because it is a replica of the original. If it had been the original refurbished car, I think the museums would jump at the chance to put it on display.

liberty Ann I'll take it put it in my back yard don't he have a museum why can't they build separate wing and put it there such shame nobody want it' it should be protected. Even if its just copy I feel its part history.

Cynthia Heath I don’t believe the southerners would have found your statement to be true!

@@mylesflynn277 Damn right !

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I imagine they felt honored. People used to have their loved ones displayed in their homes for 4-5 days back then because transportation made it hard for everyone to get around.

I don't know what 6-year old Teddy thought about the procession, but I do know that he greatly admired Lincoln, using him as a role model. Coincidentally, Roosevelt's Secretary of State, John Hay (at the end of his life) was also Lincoln's personal secretary (at the beginning of his adult life).

I live across the street from this place.

ooh....cool story!

With Booth watching them

Interesting question.. Since the people with "no interest" are the 50-70s years old museum directors/curators.

+kryliosdesta, no it isn't.

Mdriver1981 who’s to say it isn’t?

Did he give you flying academic marks?

Absolutely! Hollywood loves to make movies about fake stupid history. Example: Indiana Jones! How many think that it was real???? Probably millions.

Yes The long black train

Àbrahamliñolin

Cause it is only a replica

*Monica Lewinsky has entered the chat* :P

Omfg 🤣🤣🤣👌🏾

Because they embalned him over and over.

Modern embalming was created in that war, an art lost with the ancient Egyptians, because we had train transportation and lots of bodies far from home but no way to keep the bodies fresh. Without that war there probably wouldn't be embalming anywhere in the world today (it's still only mainly in the US).

@christinal...you've said it all, and beautifully!!❤️

Cause it isnt the actual thing

I wouldn't

Whos Thaddeus Stevens?

Elvis Presley ...ummm, read a lil bit, maybe...??? US Congress person(R), Pennsylvania.....

@@jonburrows2684 Radical Republican Congressman during and after the civil war, notable for the fact that he supported equal rights for African Americans whereas most of his other radical Republican colleagues did not

He became president at 16 years old?

American umm 😐 yeah oops 🙊 brain fog

36 yrs later...